Pocket construction



Sept. 15, 1925.

J. R. MULRONEY v POCKET coNsTRucTon Fi1ed May 18, 1925 ||Il||| IIIIIIJI Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

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JOSEPH n. MULnorInY, or iowa, Assronon'ro ientitonnr Manor-AC- TURING COMPANY, er roar nenes, iov/'fen 'sonreir-intron o-riowe.

' POCHE-".2" CONSTRUCTION.

Application fledf'tay 18,135.25. Serial 110.131,13.

To all 10,71 om t may concern:

Be it known that l, Josnrn R. MULRONEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Dodge, in the county' of vWebster and 5 State of lowa, have invented a certain vnew and useful Pocket Construction, of rwhich the following is a specification.

The objectof my invention is to provide a pocket construction which is simple, 4durable and comparatively `inexpensiveto manufao ture, wherein the pocket ls a means for engaging and retaining a tool or the like therein against accidental displacement. Y

More particularly, my invention relates to a pocket construction wherein an elastic member is use-d on the back piece of the pocket, which elastic member is so arranged and secured to the front piece of the pocket or the garment itself as to form a receiver for a tool or the lil e,and 'holding it in position when such tool isinserted'between the elastic member and the front piece of the pocket. l Y

Still a further object is to provide an elastic member in the back 'piece of 4the pocket, which is free to expand amaximum amountfor making' it easy to insert an article between itself and the front-piece i of thepoclret, and when such article is inll sorted therebetween,` to retain such article in place.

till a lfurtherobject is` to arrange the elastic member in the back piece `of the pocket sothatit will not benoticeable to anyone, the front piece of the pocket serving as a means to conceal the elast-ic member from view.

Still afurther object is to form yan opening in the garment itself, which opening is covered from view by the front piece of the pocket and the securing of an elastic member to the garment itself covering the opening formed in the garment.

Reference is here made to my copending application for a pocket construction, filed clay 18, 1925, Serial No. 31,135.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is .a front, plan View of a portion of a garment with amy improved-pocket construction shown thereon, parts being broken away of the front piece to better illustrate the arrangement of the back piece.

Figure 2 isa central, vertical, sectional view talren on the line.2-2 ofi/Figure 1,

-Figure 3 is a horizontal, sectional view talen `on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Figure e is a view similar-to "Figure 1 showing an opening in the garment Votfsubstantially the same size as `the pocket Aitself.

VFigure 5 is a front view of al pocket construction wherein theibaclr piece, `is'formed independent of the garment r itself and stitched thereto, the backA piece includingan elastic member; and n `ldio'ure t) is a central,` sectional View taken on line 6 6 of Figure 5.

In the accompanying drawings, -I have used the 'reference"numeral 10 tofindica'te* generally a garment, preferably ofthe work ftype, sometimes calledxan overall.

p rlhe pocket construction may be placed on the garment at any suitablepoint, and in the drawings, l haveshown the `.pocket ad-` jacent the seamll of the garment.

My pocket construction comprises a front piece 12, which is secured along one `marginal edge by the stitches `1? ,"`which lalso serve to retain the seam 11.

The bottom of the front piece`12 and the free sideis secured'to the garment 10 'by means of the stitches 14. y

The upper edge of the front piece 112 :is turned over soas to form a binder 15,which' yis fastened to the body portionofthe-:front piece by thesti-tches 16.

Theupper edge *of the frontpiece 12 is opensc that the front piecefa'nd the-garment itelf form the pocket.

In order to hold a pair of pliers, or any other such article, in position within the pocket, I form an opening 17 in the garment 10, which opening is of less size than the front piece 12.

An elastic member 18 is stitched or otherwise fastened to the garment 1() along the edges of the material formed by the opening 17.

In the drawings, I have shown stitches 19 for fastening the elastic member to the garment 10, although any suitable fastenings may be used.

It will be here seen that the elastic member 18 takes the place of the cloth or fabric Vthe elastic member.

If the stitches 20 extended to the top and bottom edges of the elastic member, then there would practically be a fixed relationship between the cloth of the garment 10 adjacent the stitches 19, and the frontpiece l2, whereas in the present case, the front piece 12 is free to move forwardly owing to the fact that it is o nly connected to the elastic member between its side edges.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, I have shown the opening 17 of the greater size than the y opening in Figure 1 of the drawings, al-

though the principle and function of the elastic member 18 in the case of Figure 4 is the same in every respect as the elastic member shown in Figure In Figure 5 of the drawings, I have shown the' back piece of the pocket made independent of the garment, and I have referred to the back 21.

The back piece in this case includes a pair of small pieces 21a and 2lb, which are connected together by an elastic member 22, which serves the same purpose as the elastic member 18.

Thepieces 21a, 21b and v22 are all fastened to the garment 10. V

The back piece 21 is secured to the garment 10 by the stitches 23, which run alongk the two side edges, bottom and top of the back piece-21.

The garment 10 is formed with a slot or slit opening 24, which is slightly below the upper edge of the back piece 21 and through the slot 24 access is had into the pocket vformed by the garment 10, and the back piece 21.

piece by the reference numeral I The edges of the slot or slit openinY 24 may be bent over so as to form a double edge, as at 25.

The elastic member 22, as shown in Figure 5 of the drawing, is securedy to the elastic member which I employ may be "i,

easily and quickly fastened to the back piece of the pocket by simply forming an opening in the garment, and covering it with the elastic member or in the case of Figure 5,

fastening two small pieces of cloth to the top and bottom edges of the elastic, all of which can be done at a comparatively small cost.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the various Y parts ofk my invention without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my in vention, and it is my intention to cover by claim, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within its scope.

I claim as my invention:

A pocket construction for garments and the like comprising la front and back piece of textile material stitched together along two sides and the bottom edge, said back piece having an opening therein of less size than the front piece, an elastic member insertedin said opening and fastened to theI material adjacent the edges of the opening, said elastic member being completely hidden from view by the front piece and fastenings between said elastic member and the front piece, said fastenings terminating short of the top of the elastic member for permittingunrestricted elasticity of the upper portion of the elastic member above the fastenings.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 14, 1925.

JOSEPH R. MULRONEY. 

